The art of war: Jeremy Deller's Baghdad car bomb installation

A piece by Turner prize winner Jeremy Deller entitled Baghdad, 5 March 2007 has just gone on display at the Imperial War Museum. It features a car damaged in the bombing of the historic Mutanabbi Street book market, which resulted in the deaths of 38 people

An Imperial War Museum technician sets to work installing Jeremy Deller's Baghdad, 5 March 2007. 'It’s unusual to see anything from the conflict in Iraq "in life", so I was interested in being able to show this car to the public,' says the artist

Museum visitors gather around the installation. 'We hope Baghdad, 5 March 2007 will prove a thought-provoking addition to our permanent collections and encourage visitors to consider not just this car, but all our exhibits, in a new light,’ says the museum's director general, Diane Lees